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Daily Titan

Tuesday September 30, 2008

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

DTSHORTHAND Campus Life The Public Science Lecture Series is hosting the “What a ‘Chaotic’ Election Year!” lecture today in the Titan Student Union’s Theatre. The event will start at 6:30 p.m. and will run until 8:30 p.m. The lecture is intended to inform students about the “unexpected election surprises that should be, well, expected,” according to Donald G. Saari, director of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, who will be leading the discussion. Refreshments will be supplied at the event.

Thefts reported at the SRC

‘666’ road sign thefts bedeviling roadways BARNEGAT, N.J. (AP) – Is the Garden State Parkway the highway to hell? Or is the New Jersey Turnpike the road to damnation? Someone keeps stealing the metal signs at mile marker 66.6 along the heavily traveled toll roads, and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is having a devil of a time keeping up with the thefts. It’s been happening all over the country, particularly on roads with names like Route 666. Officials aren’t sure if the thefts are being committed by religious zealots upset about the number’s association in the Bible with the devil, by Satanic scavenger hunters, or by college students who think a ‘666’ sign would look cool in their dorm room. Joe Orlando, a spokesman for the Authority, said officials have no idea who is taking the signs. “Maybe it’s just some kids with a Devil-may-care attitude,” Orlando said. The latest theft involved someone swiping the 66.6 mile marker sign on the Parkway’s northbound lanes. It’s in a sparsely populated section of the Pinelands far from any entrances or exits. In short, you’d have to know the sign was there and go looking for it.

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By todd barnes/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Multiple thefts reported at the Student Recreation Center have students, staff and faculty on alert. Anything from bikes to electric gadgets have been reported stolen by SRC members. SRC staff are taking precautions and are encouraging students to purchase locks to secure their belongings in the center’s lockers.

Thefts in the Student Recreation Center keep students and staff on alert By David ponce

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Although the Student Recreation Center is still relatively new on campus, students have already had personal items stolen while using the new facility. University Police have responded to at least two incidents of students claiming their personal items had been stolen or missing. “We have had a lot of thefts since school started,” Nicolé Nicholson, building manager for the SRC, said. “People put faith in putting their items in a locker without a lock. They think people won’t steal from

CSU’s to offer online degrees Universities are using the Internet to meet students educational needs By Scott Fahey

This clip, as short as it is, will make you laugh. If you’re a soccer player, even a former soccer player, we’re sure you can empathize with this athelete. In one sense, the goalie should be happy he stopped his opponent from scoring. In the other, his ego may have taken more of a hit than himself.

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them but that’s not the case.” Upon entering the facility, students are made aware of the SRC’s policy over stolen or lost items. Signs are posted, in some places only five feet from each other, reinforcing the importance of securing belongings. The signs tell SRC members that all personal items must be secured in a locker. It also points out that all unsecured items will be confiscated by the facility and staff and the SRC member must then pick up their items at the staff desk. When students sign up, they agree to a clause releasing the university from any liability over lost or stolen property. Hermes Pagulayan, a 24-yearold human communications major, wonders about who is taking individuals’ belongings. “You don’t know if it’s the em-

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For many Cal State Fullerton students, getting to school can take almost as much time and effort as their actual coursework. Students often have to commute through dense Southern California traffic only to compete with other students over parking spaces once they arrive at school.

However, some students at Cal State East Bay, south of Oakland, Calif., will not have to worry about traffic or parking. East Bay, which is on the quarter system, is offering three bachelor’s degree programs and two master’s degree programs that are entirely online starting this quarter. “We wanted an online sort of campus starting this quarter,” said Nan Chico, Director of Online Programs at East Bay, which has its main campus in Hayward as well as a satellite campus in Concord. See ONLINE DEGREES, Page 2

ployees or not. It just makes you think,” Pagulayan said, concerning the confiscation of unsecured items by the staff. In response to Pagulayan’s concern about employees possibly taking personal items, Nicholson said, “We don’t take anything out. We put the locks on (the lockers) and a note. In all reality we are doing them a favor.” With the increasing theft rate and students not locking up their personal belongings, the staff has taken it into their own hands to secure SRC members’ lockers for them. The staff lends a lock to the unsecured locker, along with a note telling the SRC member to visit the staff desk in order to access their belongings. The note states that in order to retrieve the property, one must visit the front desk and give a detailed

description of the items inside the locker. Diana Becerra, a political science major and frequent visitor to the center, said that “they’ve put a lock on once for me and it made me feel safe.” The staff, however, doesn’t want to deter students and faculty from using the SRC. “I hate to have this reputation of this place,” Jason Ng, who is also a building manager for the SRC, said. “We’ve been getting stricter about people locking up their stuff. This has created fewer thefts and has seemed to help a lot.” Unfortunately, Ng himself has been a victim of thefts occurring at the SRC. His $2,000 bicycle was stolen from the bike racks located in front of the building. “I rode it here and went inside for about two hours,” Ng said, still

showing disbelief of what happened. “I came out and was like, ‘hey where’s my bike?’ ” Ng is still devastated and heartbroken about his bike being stolen but said he has forgiven the person who took it. The staff isn’t taking any precautions and has placed six more of the aforementioned signs warning SRC goers of the dangers of not keeping their valuables locked up. The locker rooms also have signs posted for all to see before entering each aisle of lockers. A camera is placed outside the locker rooms in case thefts should occur. Nicholson has some advice for the people using the facility. “It’s so simple to keep your valuables safe. It’s going to cost you $5 to buy a lock and I’m sure your valuables are worth more than that,” he said.

Race for a cure

By Kymberly Snew/For The Daily Titan Over 30,000 participants showed at Fashion Island on Sunday to support the Race for a Cure marathon, including breast See featured story on page 3 cancer survivor and CSUF Professor Cheryl Cooky (not pictured).

Health insurers may cover AIDS/HIV screenings Gov. Schwarzenegger can approve a bill that would amend insurance policy By Laura Olsen

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

The health of Californians is at risk due to the fact that 40,000 residents unknowingly have HIV, according to the state’s Office of AIDS, but Gov. Schwarzenegger could drastically lower those numbers by signing

AB 1894 into law. The bill is authored by Assembly Member Paul Krekorian, and if approved, will require private insurers to cover screenings, which cost as little as $20 per test, according to emaxhealth.com. AB 1894 was already approved by the Assembly Committee of Health on April 14 with a vote of 12-5, and is awaiting Schwarzenegger’s approval, according to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. As if the stressors of exams, paying bills and keeping gas in the car

were not enough, Project Inform, a program that advocates for people living with HIV, said STDs such as HIV affect more college age people than anyone else. In 2006, most infections occurred among young people between the ages of 13 and 29, making up 34 percent of those infected, Project Inform confirmed. “I think the governor should sign the bill because if HIV is affecting so many people it is better to take care of the problem now, especially because there is no cure for it right

now,” criminal justice major Elvira Suazo, 18, said. The Center for Disease Control estimates that 50-70 percent of all new infections are contracted from individuals who are unaware they carry the virus. In 2007, Schwarzenegger signed into law AB 682, which simplified approval for HIV testing in California. The law eliminated the requirement of written patient consent and parent or guardian consent for minors to get the screening, according to Project Inform. Thus patients

only need to verbally agree to HIV testing. If AB 1894 is approved it will make California the most proactive in the nation with regards to the HIV, by adhering to the CDC’s recommendation and requiring all health care plans to pay for HIV testing whether or not the patient is showing symptoms, as stated on medicalnewstoday.com’s Web site. The bill analysis estimated that if AB 1894 is approved, and goes into effect Jan. 1, 2009, the total anSee AIDS/HIV, Page 2


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